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Show UTIC Names As Director TORREY - The Utah Tourism Industry Coalition (UTIC) has named industry veteran, vet-eran, Nan Groves-Anderson as its new executive director. Ann Gambrino, executive director of the Utah Hotel & Lodging Association and current president presi-dent of UTIC, noted, "We are pleased that UTIC will now have full-time leadership to concentrate con-centrate on representing all facets of Utah tourism, especially especial-ly now, at this critical time. As a result of Sept. 11, the downturn in the economy, and on the heels of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, UTIC has made a commitment com-mitment to move the tourism industry, Utah's largest private sector industry, into the limelight. lime-light. Groves-Anderson is the perfect person to move this message mes-sage forward as she brings a wealth of experience to the position. posi-tion. We look forward to working work-ing with her." Groves-Anderson's past tourism experience includes positions in the American Bus Association in Washington, D.C.; the Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau; Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort and Wayne County Economic DevelopmentTravel Council. "I am very excited to help tell the tourism industry's story at the state legislature as well as to (See DIRECTOR on page 2A) Director From Front Page the general public," related Groves-Anderson. "We need to work together to help increase awareness and support for this -important contributor to Utah's economy." The Utah Tourism Industry Coalition is the voice of the ' tourism industry in Utah. Its mission is to coordinate the interests of associations, chambers, cham-bers, organizations, businesses, and individuals engaged in serving serv-ing and developing tourism in Utah and to promote the "Utah" brand. |